Will you do something special today to remember the events of 9/11/01?  Take our poll and let us know. What will/did you do?  Tell us in the comment box below. Have more to say? Share your 9/11 memories with MedfieldPatch. Where were you when the world stopped turning?  

The town of Concord is now the first town in the nation to ban the sale of bottled water in anything less than a one-liter container. Last week, Attorney General Martha Coakley ruled that the decision made by Concord's April town meeting was legal. The first offense for selling bottled water in Concord will result in a warning, the second offense is a $25 fine, and each offense thereafter yields a $50 fine. What do you think?  Do you agree with the water bottle ban?   Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say?  Is this conservation at its best?  Is it "Big Brother" at its worse?  Tell …

President Barack Obama accepted the Democratic party's presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night. What did you think about his speech?  Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say? Did you like what you heard? Didn't like it? Wanted to hear more or something different? Tell us in the comment box below. 

Elizabeth Warren, a candidate for the Massachusetts State Senate, spoke last night at the Democratic National Convention. What did you think of her speech?  Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say?  What did you think about what she said?  Did she talk about issues that concern you?  Not concern you?  Were you looking for something else?  What did you think about the speakers, in general?  Tell us in the comment section below. 

Joseph P. Kennedy, III, is running for the Fourth Congressional District seat to be vacated by Rep. Barney Frank. Kennedy was at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday to introduce a video montage in memory of his late uncle Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. What did you think about Joe Kennedy's speech?  Take our poll and let us know.  Have more to say?  Tell us in the comment box below. 

After some anticipation, or perhaps some dread, the first day of the Medfield school year is here.   How did the send-off go in your house?  Good?  Bad?  Could have been worse? Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say? Any cute (or not-so-cute) back-to-school stories? First day jitters? Tell us in the comment section below. Best of luck for a great school year!

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was has been officially tapped as the Republican presidential nominee. Last night, Romney accepted that nomination at the Republican National Convention. What did you think of Romney's acceptance speech?  Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say? Were you impressed? Not impressed? Did it influence your vote? What did you think about the overall convention? Did you enjoy Clint Eastwood's speech? Tell us in the comment box below. 

With just one long weekend ahead of us and then the start of school, are you ready for the summer to end?  Are you glad the bus will be pulling up on Tuesday morning, or do you wish you had another week (or two)?   Take our poll and let us know.  Have more to say?  Is there another reason you're glad/sad the summer is over? Tell us in the comment section below. 

What do you think about the Boston Red Sox trading Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez to the Los Angeles Dodgers?   Do you agree with the trade?  Do you think it was a wise move?  Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say?  Tell us in the comment box below.

According to the Boston Channel, A Worcester doctor refused to accept a Shrewsbury woman as a new patient because the doctor felt the patient was overweight.   Is that fair?  Does a doctor have that right?  Take our poll and let us know what you think. Have more to say?  Tell us in the comment section below. 

Countdown to School: 11 days and counting... With the summer winding down and the start of school right around the counter, are you ready for September 4? Do you have your school supplies?  Have you finished your summer reading?  Do you know your bus route? Take our poll and let us know? Have more to say?  Are you looking forward to getting back to the school routine?  Are you dreading it?  Tell us about it in the comment section below.  

Texting and driving is a major cause of accidents in the country.   Have you taken the pledge -- known as "It Can Wait" -- not to text and drive?   Statistics listed at www.itcanwait.org say that:  Texting drivers are 23 times more likely to get into an accident 75% Teens say that texting and driving is common among their friends More than 100,000 crashes a year involve drivers who are texting  Have you taken the pledge?  Do you plan to?  Take our poll and let us know.

  Medfield children's book author and illustrator David Biedrzycki will publish his eighth book next year. The book is tentatively titled "Me and My Dragon: Scared of Halloween" and is a follow-up to the very popular "Me and My Dragon" -- about a boy raising a dragon as if it were a puppy -- which was released last year. Biedrzycki has created two versions of the "Halloween" book cover and asks you which you prefer.  Take our POLL and let us (and him) know. Have more to say?  Have you read any of the other 20 books he has written and/or illustrated, such as the "Ace Lacewig Bug Detective …

  Every football player doesn't play every football game.   If you were thinking about attending a New England Patriots game and knew Tom Brady wouldn't be playing, would you still attend the game? Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say? Has that happened to you? Were you at Gillette Stadium last night? If so, did you miss Brady?  Tell us in the comment section below.  

  Do you waste time at work on any of these sites that AOL says are the top five places where employees waste time during the day? Take our poll and let us know.   What do you like about the sites? Do you visit more than one of the five? Tell us about it in the comments.  

  Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has come under fire recently for not turning over his tax returns for the last 10 years.   According to the Huffington Post, Romney said yesterday that he has not paid less than 13 percent in taxes over the last decade. What do you think?  Should Romney turn over those tax returns and put the issue to rest?  Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say?  Tell us in the comment section below. 

  According to The Week, "The Phone Stack" rules go a little something like this:  When out to dinner with friends, and after everyone orders, everyone stacks their phones in the center of the table, face down. Even as the phones buzz and ring throughout the meal, no one is allowed to grab his device. If someone is unable to resist the smartphone's siren's song, he or she is responsible for picking up the check.   That could be one expensive phone call or text.  What do you think?  Are you a fan of phone stacking?  Could you do it?  Take our poll and let us know.   Have more to say?  Will you…

  The Medfield Animal Shelter has been in the news recently because a local childcare is holding a lemonade stand this week to raise money for the shelter.  The shelter is also featured on MedfieldPatch on Sundays in the "Pet of the Week" feature.   Have you ever adopted a pet from an animal shelter?  Take our poll and let us know.   Have more to say?  Tell us about your experience in the comment section below. 

  With just 21 days left til the close of summer and the opening of school, we wonder: Is that a good thing or a bad thing?  Was the summer too long?  Too short?  Are you glad kids are heading back to school?  Take our poll and let us know.  Have more to say?  Are you a student who does or does not want to get back to school?  Tell us in the comment section below. 

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for president in 2012, has chosen Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate.  Romney made the announcement on Saturday when the two made their first appearance on the USS Wisconsin, a retired World War II battleship, in Norfolk, Virginia. What do you think about Romney's choice?  Take our poll and let us know. Have more to say?  Tell us in the comment section below.